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truly_desperate (truly_desperate) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2022-01-06 19:05:00

Entry tags:

!open, loki, reeve adler

Who: Loki and Open
What: Arriving back on the station and a reflection on changes
Where: One of the parks (whichever you prefer)
When: Early afternoon
Status: Open
Warnings: None so far

Things had changed since his latest new batch of memories. This time it had been different. Dying had been terrible. The state he was now in had marked him forever. But dying had not impacted his view as much as his time in the TVA. Three lives now. Lived in parallel. He was glad he was where he was. Dying. Or being rejected and forgotten. No, not quite rejected. It had heard nonetheless, especially with what was at stake. Sylvie's actions, his own actions, it had changed the universe, hadn't it? There was a dread that stayed with him. He wanted to know what had happened. He wanted to know if everyone was okay. But he couldn't.

There was something he could impact though: something that was important. The people he had started to care about here. He hadn't always been the most appreciative, had he? The thoughts were always in the back of his mind. Sometimes they made him pause, made him change what he was about to do. But old habits died hard. Change came by slowly. But one thing he had changed was the time he spent on the planets. He had wrapped up a lot of his business there. Had not picked up anything else. Less time spent on things that he did not need.

Today, he came back from his apartment on the capital. He had sold two further properties but this one he would keep. With the tesseract in hand, he arrived in one of the parks. Blue shimmer. Quick travel. Then he let the stone vanish and took a look around.

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truly_desperate
2022-01-17 09:13 am UTC (link)

Loki watched the young man stumble over his own words. In the god's mind, he was right. That question had been out of line. A nod acknowledged the apology. "The capital. The unrests haven't died down yet and I fear it's only getting worse. The Scurv don't know how to handle the revolt and the people are... well, many are desperate." Loki stayed away. He didn't interfere. But that did not mean he did not watch.

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reeve_adler
2022-01-18 09:08 pm UTC (link)

The nod he was given let Reeve know he went to far to ask something so personal, at least, for now. Binx nearly went on a rant, but held his little robotic cat tongue; Reeve was having a hard enough time meeting his mentor for the first time, again. He didn't want to add to it.

"Alright" Reeve paused as he lightly stroked his chin as he listened to Loki, he knew some details of this time, but only through hearsay and stories. But, he also felt the hesitance in his Godfather's words. Reeve would not push that aspect of it.

"Hm. Do you have any ideas on how either side might resolve the revolt?" A neutral and open question, Reeve hoped, as he had no intention of interfering himself, but there was a definite want to learn another aspect of insight to diplomacy. Especially from an outside prospective. So, why not ask one of the best?

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truly_desperate
2022-02-01 01:02 pm UTC (link)

He had seen the future, was checking it quite frequently. Not because he wanted to get involved in the conflict but because he wanted to protect his family from threats. His foresight wasn't fool proof. He didn't see everything. It had been a hard thing to learn.

"Violence..." he stated. "It's likely to end in blood. Some conflicts run too deep to be solved with words."

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reeve_adler
2022-02-01 11:25 pm UTC (link)

Reeve was from the future, but the more he was here, the more he recognized there were different variations to what he knew. Also given he was, what? Two years old during this time?

Reeve nodded at Loki's answer, as it was rather obvious. "Yeah, that is kind of what I figured. No revolution ends with people just talking it over." That was what he knew from his history lessons. Though, he wasn't truly a fan of the violence that would occur. "If you had to pick a side, which would you take?" Another neutral question, Reeve was simply curious. Though, he did wonder on another aspect to this, how would it affect them here on the Station?

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truly_desperate
2022-02-07 09:58 am UTC (link)

Loki raised an eyebrow at the question. The line of question reminded him of his daughter. Katherine pushed for information at every corner. One question following the other. Sometimes he gave in, sometimes he let her run into a wall. This young man was still a stranger to him. And while being his friend's son certainly earned you points, they weren't as plentiful as carrying the title of his daughter.

"Ah, but I won't so why think about it. But as you seem so interested which side would you pick... the oppressed workers or the elite who has made their way of living possible..." A smile on his face, a glint in his eyes.

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reeve_adler
2022-02-11 05:36 am UTC (link)

Alright, they were going to go down this road. Reeve in this time may have been a stranger to Loki, but Reeve was no stranger to Loki. The young man was more than the God's friend's son, he was his Godfather. A title that, in the future, nearly took to it's merit. Reeve rubbed his chin again, thinking again.

"Well, selfish as it may be; I'm more interested in how it would affect us than anything else. It involves not only mine, but all our futures, does it not? Otherwise, I would easily join the oppressed. But." Reeve paused for a moment, thinking on it again. "Things are never 'black and white,' are they." That wasn't a question, just simply a statement based off his own experiences. "Then again, you know far more about these sorts of thing than I do. I'm just a time displaced, awkward, twenty one year old." Reeve was earnest in saying that, but he still shrugged his shoulders lightly.

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hamrammr
2022-02-16 10:34 am UTC (link)

"Everyone is selfish," Loki said. In his mind to think about yourself was hardly a negative trait. Indeed, complete selflessness was a weakness. You could only find your strength if you put yourself first at times. "But, yes, I do. I believe we will be fine." He swallowed. There was more to that. An uncertainty about the future he had come to think of as nothing good. "Tell me, what's it like to be in your past?"

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